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CORFEN
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CORFEN

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1 September 1944
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 257 1/3' x breadth 39 1/3' x depth 18 5/6'
gross tonnage 1867 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002479
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 781
Official Number: 180005

Fate: Broken up in Belgium, 1965.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, raised quarter deck 150', forecastle 25', machinery aft, cruiser stern

Owners:
1944: Cory Colliers Ltd (Manager Wm Cory & Sons Ltd), registered at London.
1947: Owners now Wm. Cory & Sons Ltd.

Notes:
Triple expansion engine by D. Rowen & Co. Ltd, Glasgow, with 16½", 27½" and 46" diameter cylinders, 33" stroke.
1954: Radar now fitted.


LYRIE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
July 1978
GUNNET
John Lewis & Sons
28 March 1967
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1 August 1957
NEW GAMECOCK
Alexander HALL & Co.
1 March 1930
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrush (902) at Hall Russell shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 September 1962
SWAABIE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
8 March 1978
Alexander HALL & Co.
October 1876
Black and White Photograph in album showing construction of 'Anno'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 September 1951
FAIRTRY
John Lewis & Sons
1954
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 April 1911
BRIDGEMAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 April 1972
GRATEFUL
DUTHIE
27 March 1907
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
December 1876
"Thermopylae" - Clipper Ship
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1868
QUEBEC PACKET
Nicol Reid & Co.
10 April 1822
HORACE STROUD
Alexander HALL & Co.
September 1910
FOX
1819
CRESTED COCK
Alexander HALL & Co.
1935
MIST
John Lewis & Sons
1918
John Lewis & Sons
7 August 1952
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
21 June 1917